Nice, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95464. It lies near Hogback Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. 2,929 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,362 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1938 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1938 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresNice grew from 2,731 to 2,929 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,731 | |
| 2020 | 2,929 | +198 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1938 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:48000
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Nice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,839 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 43 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FOOTHILL |
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SPRINGE |
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PHILLIPS |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PANORAMIC |
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HWY 29 |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SAM # 2 |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SAM # 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Nice: 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Asbestos, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konocti Pit and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Middle Creek Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Utopia | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Utopia Mine | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Buckeye | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nice in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Flood | Nice | - | Highway 20 flooded at the intersection of Bartlett Springs Road. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Place | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Lucerne | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Upper Lake | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Pepperwood Grove | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeport | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Kaci-badon (historical) | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Saratoga Springs | 7.9 miles | 21 | |
| Wild Bill Place | 8.2 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Nice | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2108340 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659227. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









